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N0. 357,997. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS S. KINNEY, OF PEQUANAO, NEXV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE KINNEY TOBACCO COMPANY, OF NEW/V YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,997, dated February 15, 1887.

- Application filed December 1, 1886. Serial No. 220,346. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS S. KINNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pequanac, county of Morris, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gigarette- Cases, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to a case which is designed for use in putting up small lots of cigarettes for the retail trade, and which is adapted to form a convenient pocket-receptacle for the cigarettes until the lot is exhausted.

It is the object of the invention to provide a case of this character which will present an attractive appearance and be convenient for use, and which, while being sufficiently durable for the purpose, can be produced atso small a cost as to not increase the price at which the cigarettes must be sold.

As a fullunderstandiug of the invention can be best given by an illustration and description of a case embodying the same, all preliminary description will be omitted and a full description given, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view of the blank from which the case is formed. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the blank after the case has been partly formed. Figs. 3 and 4 are sections taken, respectively, on the lines a: m and y 3 of Fig; 2. Fig. 5 is an inside view of the completed case when opened and filled. Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 00 a: of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the case when closed.

Referring to said drawings, it is to be understood that the case therein shown may be made of leather or any similar material; but 111 practice it will most commonly be made of heavy paper or cardboard, or in some instances it may, perhaps, be made of artificial leather. The material will be first cut into a blank of the form or substantially the form shown in Fig. 1, said blank consisting of two main side portions, A, joined by a hinge port-ion, a, and each provided at one end with a free flap or projection, b. The blank thus formed is by the use of suitable dies bent or pressed to the form shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4-that is to say, the portions A are made to form two shallow dish-like receptacles having narrow flanges c aroundtheir edges and joined at their sides by the hinged portion a, and from the ends of which project the flaps I). The flaps b are then folded inward, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, so as to overlie the portions A, and one of the portions A is provided with a clasp, (Z, or other suitable means for holding the case in its closed position. This completes the case.

In filling the case a row ofthe cigarettes, f, is placed in each of the sides of the case, with their ends inserted beneath the flaps l), as, shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The sides A are then folded together and secured, as shown in Fig. 7, thus forming a package of convenient shape and size to be carried in the pocket.

To remove the cigarettes as they are re- 7;; quired for use, the sides A are swung apart as shown in Fig. 5.

The flaps b, which form the essential feature of the invention, serve to retain the cigarettes in the sides A and prevent them from falling out of position when the case is opened. If it were not for the flaps I) it would be impossible, or at least difficult, to open the case without allowing the cigarettes in one or both of the sides to become displaced, and this would occasion great annoyance and make the case undesirable for use.

The flaps b may, if desired, be secured to the flanges or rims c by paste or otherwise; but this will usually be unnecessary, as the stiffness of the material will in most cases be sufficient to hold the flaps in position with suf' ficient firmness.

What is claimed is The herein-described cigarettecase, consisting of the two side portions, A, having the inwardly-turned flapsb made integral therewith, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing 95 witnesses.

FRANCIS S. KINNEY.

\Vitnesses:

J. A. HOVEY,

JAS. J. KENNEDY. 

